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4 Priorities for Managing US Lands in the Face of Climate Change

  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
A tractor and trucks drive through soy bean fields.
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration

Updated Tool Can Help US Communities Include Forests and Trees in GHG Inventories

  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • global forest watch
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • greenhouse gases
  • GHG emissions
  • global forest watch
  • Cities
  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration

The Upstream Battle to Protect Drinking Water in North Carolina

  • Freshwater
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
A small lake with trees in the background in North Carolina's Triangle region
  • Freshwater
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure

When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Watershed
  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

U.S. Cities Go to the Source to Protect Drinking Water

  • Freshwater
  • U.S. policy
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
Many communities in the U.S. West depend on such sources for drinking water. Photo by Kara DiFrancesco.
  • Freshwater
  • U.S. policy
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure

3 Cities Taking Urban Forestry to the Next Level

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Forests
  • Urban Development
Cherry blossoms in Washington, DC park
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Forests
  • Urban Development

STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to Major Announcements on Cities, Forests, and Carbon Pricing at UN Climate Summit

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Economics
  • Forests
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Economics
  • Forests

ADVISORY: WRI Experts Explain What to Expect at the UN Climate Summit

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • climate finance

Need Clean Water? Invest in Nature

  • Freshwater
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
 Incorporating strategically secured networks of forests can complement existing “built” infrastructure, reduce water-management costs, and effectively secure clean drinking water. Photo credit: Christopher Schoenbohm, Flickr
  • Freshwater
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure

Forests at Work

Watersheds of the Southern United States

  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • wetlands
  • Water Quality
  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • wetlands
  • Water Quality

Forests and Water: Green Infrastructure Can Be Less Expensive Than Gray Infrastructure

  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • wetlands
  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • wetlands

Keeping Forest as Forest

The South's Last Wild Forests Face Human Pressures

  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • protected areas
  • deforestation
  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • protected areas
  • deforestation